Description:
Bede was the leading intellectual figure of the early Anglo-Saxon Church, and his extensive corpus of writings encompassed themes of exegesis, computus, history and hagiography. This book argues that in innovatively combining computus, theology and history, Bede transformed his contemporaries' understanding of time and chronology.
Review Quotes:
'... in many ... observations throughout this carefully researched book MacCarron has brought fresh insight to the many dimensions of Bede's relationship with time' - Arthur Holder, Speculum 97/1 (January 2022).
'The National University of Ireland (NUI) is pleased to announce that the Irish Historical Research Prize 2021 is awarded to Dr Máirín MacCarron for her publication Bede and Time: Computus, Theology and History in the Early Medieval World.'
'MacCarron's book offers a welcome and fresh introduction to a key theme in Bede's thought, while making some important arguments about how best to read his work in context' - James Palmer, Early Medieval Europe 29; 4 (2021).
'In all, MacCarron tackles an impressive range of highly complex issues, contributing and often enriching the scholarly debate in more aspects than can be covered within the scope of a simple review ... MacCarron's book is an important contribution' - Northern History, LIX:1, March 2022